Thursday, April 15, 2010

Pencil Sharpening Lessons from My 4 yr old

I sharpened a bunch of pencils with my 4 yr old this morning....


We used the glass slipper pencil sharpeners left over from their birthday party goodie bags... aren't they cute?..


Hers turned out sharp.


Mine did not.


She had almost no shavings. I had a lot.


I asked her what her trick was. "Just keep going. Doing is slowly and doing it hard-ly".


I should have known!

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8 comments:

  1. JannaApril 15, 2010 at 11:54 AM

    cute cute cute!!

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  2. NancyApril 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM

    I have a hard time with sharpening pencils too. I was a teacher for cryin out loud, too. I need to take note from your 4 year old. Thanks for the tip! :)

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  3. BrookeApril 15, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Geez MOM!!!! :D You should have known!!! Hee hee

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  4. Seizing My DayApril 16, 2010 at 12:07 AM

    who knew?!! ;) I like electric ones for that reason alone!

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  5. The MerryApril 17, 2010 at 9:11 PM

    Oooh -- I /love/ those pencil sharpeners! Why do young'uns today get all the googies? :)

    (Maybe these were around back in the Dark Ages and I was just deprived. They're still pretty cute.)

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  6. CamieApril 18, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    Great tip! I will have to try it as I hardly have any success with sharpening pencils! Children are so cute!

    Blessing!

    Camie

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  7. DarleneApril 18, 2010 at 9:40 PM

    Great instructions. We must listen to our young ones. They're pretty darn smart!

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  8. Sara BabyApril 21, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    i want a slipper sharpener...SAVE ME ONE!

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